SEHA starts administration of COVID-19 vaccine to UAE community

The COVID-19 vaccination centres, located in Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal in Abu Dhabi City and Al Ain Convention Centre in Al Ain City, have the collective capacity to administer vaccine shots to 6,000 people daily, and were established in a record time of four days.

The centres were established following the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention’s (MOHAP) announcement of the vaccine registration, making the country one of the first in the world to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to the community. In Dubai, the COVID-19 vaccination centre is located at Dubai Parks & Resorts Field Hospital and can accommodate 3,000 people daily.

The Sinopharm CNBG COVID-19 vaccine will also be administered within select SEHA facilities, including 35 Ambulatory Health Services (AHS) facilities in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, six hospitals in the Al Dhafrah region, Al Ain and Al Dhafrah, SEHA’s National Screening Center in Mina Rashid and Khawaneej in Dubai city, and existent screening centres in industrial areas, with an overall capacity of 150,000.

The registration of the Sinopharm CNBG COVID-19 vaccine follows the success of the Phase 3 Clinical Trials, which began in Abu Dhabi and was overseen by MOHAP and the DoH, managed by G42 Healthcare, and administered by SEHA. 31,000 volunteers took part in the clinical trials, the analysis of which proved the inactivated vaccine’s 86% efficacy against the COVID-19 virus and was followed by the administration of the vaccine to emergency personnel and frontline healthcare workers.

UAE nationals and residents wishing to receive the vaccine can visit any of the centres in Abu Dhabi every day of the week, from 8:00am to 8:00pm. The COVID-19 vaccination centre in Dubai is open daily from 8:00am to 4:00pm as walk-in or by appointment through the SEHA App.